You get a Dm shiver in the dark it’s C raining in the Bb park but A meantime
Dm south of the river you C stop and you Bb hold A everything

F a band is blowing Dixie C double four time
Bb you feel alright when you hear that Dm music ring Bb-C

(Now) you Dm step inside but you C don’t see Bb too many A faces
coming Dm in out of the rain you C hear the Bb jazz go A down

F too much competition too C many other places
Bb but not too many horns can blow that Dm sound Bb-C

Bb-C way on downsouth Bb-C way on downsouth
Dm London town Dm-C-Bb-C Dm-C-Bb-C

Dm you check out Guitar C George he knows Bb all the A chords
Dm he’s strictly rhythm he C doesn’t want to make it Bb cry or A sing

F and an old guitar is all he can C afford
Bb when he gets up under the lights to play his Dm thing Bb-C

Dm and harry doesn’t C mind if he doesn’t Bb make the A scene
Dm he’s got a daytime C job he’s Bb doing A alright

F he can play the honky tonk just like C anything
Bb saving it up for friday Dm night Bb-C

CH{ with the sultans Bb-C with the sultans of swing Dm Dm-C-Bb-C

Dm and a crowd of young boys they’re C fooling Bb around in the A corner
Dm drunk and dressed in their best brown C baggies and their Bb platform A soles

F they don’t give a damn about any C trumpet playing band
Bb it ain’t what they call rock and Dm roll Bb-C

CH{and the sultans Bb-C and the sultans played creole Dm Dm-C-Bb-C
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Dm and then the man he C steps right Bb up to the A microphone
Dm and says at last C just as the Bb time bell A rings

F thank you goodnight now it’s C time to go home
Bb and he makes it Dm fast with one more thing Dm Bb-C

CH{ we’re the sultans Bb-C we’re the sultans of swing Dm Dm-C-Bb-C